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Kingsley Napley’s Medical Negligence Team ‘walks together’ with the Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity
Sharon Burkill
25 November 2016
Legal Update: Bolam test considered in professional negligence claim against financial advisor
O’Hare v Coutts & Co [2016] EWHC 2224 (QB)
This case is of importance for specialists in the professional negligence field as it provides some clarity on the distinction between offering competent financial advice and the law on using sales techniques to persuade clients to take risks.
19 October 2016
Royally hacked off – High Court continues injunction to prevent publication of Pippa Middleton photographs
The High Court has continued an interim injunction granted to Ms Pippa Middleton to prevent publication of photographs taken from her iCloud account. The Court also extended the injunction to cover all other material and information on the account.
6 October 2016
The risks of deleting history
Is the proposed six-year cut-off date for the deletion of data the correct way to approach the right to be forgotten, asks Mary Young.
4 October 2016
Adult child’s claim in respect of her father’s estate fails
The case of Danielle Ames received media coverage last week following Mr Recorder Halpern QC’s comment that her lack of employment was a lifestyle choice, which alone was sufficient to defeat her claim against her father’s estate.
3 October 2016
Contentious Trusts and Probate Monthly Round-Up: Bumper Summer Vacation Edition 2016
Barnsley & Ors V Noble [2016]
The Court of Appeal considered the proper interpretation of an exoneration clause contained in a will to relieve the trustees under trusts set out in the will of personal liability in respect of certain breaches of duty by them. The Appellant (Mr Barnsley) argued that (1) the exoneration clause had no application in respect of a breach of the self-dealing rule; (2) the exoneration clause did not apply because the respondent had not acted “in the professed execution of the trusts and powers” of the will; and (3) the respondent could not rely on the exoneration clause because he had engaged in “wilful and individual fraud or wrongdoing”.
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